Demand Your Republican Representative Avoid A Government Shutdown and Pass the Bipartisan Funding Bill
The government may shut down at midnight tonight, no thanks to Elon Musk.
In case you missed it, Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress spent weeks negotiating a deal that would have funded the government until March 14 and replenished disaster assistance. They announced that agreement on Tuesday, fully expecting an easy, bipartisan vote to avoid a shutdown. But Elon Musk got involved, shooting off dozens of tweets criticizing the deal and threatening retaliation against any Republican who voted for it.
That’s right. Musk – who has not been elected to any office – is apparently calling the shots and Trump and House Republicans are just falling in line, withdrawing their support for the deal and replacing it with a hyperpartisan bill that cuts funding for things like combatting childhood cancer and tossed in a debt ceiling increase to fund Trump’s tax cuts for the ultra-rich.
But the Republican caucus is in such chaos that they can’t pass this deal with their own House majority, so now, they’re threatening to shut down the government unless Democrats give in to their little Twitter tantrum and bail them out.
This is unacceptable. House Republicans must pass a bipartisan bill and keep the government open, not follow the whims of an unelected billionaire.
Fill out this form right now and we’ll connect you to your Republican Representative. Tell them that you’re outraged that they are going back on the bipartisan agreement and risking a government shutdown just because Elon Musk told them to. Let them know that you will hold them responsible for a shutdown and all of the harm it will cause hardworking families right during the holidays.
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You can’t shut the government down just because Elon Musk wants you to
Hello, I’m a constituent from [part of state], and I’m calling to tell [Representative] that I’m outraged that they would threaten to shut the government down just because Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire, did not like the bipartisan agreement to keep the government funded through March.
A government shutdown causes real pain for real people, especially right before the holidays. They should be doing everything in their power to avoid a shutdown, not insisting on a hyperpartisan bill that Republicans can’t even pass on their own, despite being in the majority. If they need Democrats’ votes on the bill, it must reflect Democratic values as well.
Tell [Representative] that they must pass a bipartisan funding bill before the funding deadline. They will be responsible if the government shuts down for listening to Elon Musk instead of their constituents.
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